Bighorn Sheep
Ovis canadensis

 

• Order: Artiodactyla
• Family: Bovidae (Bovids)
• Species: Ovis canadensis (OH-vis kan-uh-DEN-sis)
• Common English Names: Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Sheep
• Common Spanish Names: Borrego Cimarrón

Male Ovis canadensis. Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi. Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences.

Last Update: 27 Jan 2008